The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-16
A Turkish Lady's Drive.

sedentary, TO nourish equity and Other
affections.
A Turkish Lady's Drive.
The Afternoon drive is also an imagin.
airy contact with the world, though as a
matter of fact the ladies might almost as
well be at home. At 4 o'clock, or there
abouts, a natty little brougham. drawn
by pair Of long-tailed Russian horses,
drives up to the door, and the ladies. for
they almost invariably drive two and two
"a great lady accompanied by friend
or slave girl-are assisted into the car
made Of snow The mess-ssE=4, 49,
ones will even hold a parasol between
their faces and the coachman, to prevent
contamination from side glances. Most
Of them, however. start with full intent
to be seen as much as possible, and after
settling themselves down on the satin
customs, and assuring themselves that the
mirror is well busted, the cigarettes and
matches in their places, the chocolate
creams or nougat fresh from he
bakery, and the bouquet sweet
and properly arranged, slip off the
ha6Grdh, and are ready to front
the gaze of the curious. The thinhest
Of yasimdks covers the reddest Of lips
and the chin, and well-kohled eyes keep
a smart lookout for exchat ges Of com
pliments by passers-by. The wives of
the Pashas do not wear the Turkish
transparent yqalBidt, but cover their
mouths and the lower part of the face
with a cambria or cotton 5Urqhoo tied
round the back of the head. The
Shoobra and Gezireh drives are TO Cairo
much what the Row is to London, and
all the young Beys and Pashas don their
best, and either caracole forth on pranc-
ing steeds, or, more luxuriously, are
driven in the train of the harems. II the
lady is inclined to exchange flowers,
notes, cigarettes or even conversation, no
hindrance is likely to be offered by the
black janitor on the box-seat Of the
driver. But talking must be done in
private, and some sidewalk, or otherwise
secluded spot, must be chosen for any
thing more than a flying passing compli-
ment. For in the east every man is the
guardian not only of his own harem but
also Of everybody else's. A man may
thrash his own wife to death with very
doubtful chances ofsaEbody intervening,
but he may not look at hissnsjghbor's
harem. Saturday Rerier.
A Housekeeping Experiment.
Eliza Putnam Heaton, in the Brook
lyn Times, is authority for the following
history of the beginning of "a new in
dustry for women"
A new industry for women is begin
ming to evolve itself in New York, which
may yet do much toward solving the
vexed servant girl question. Some three
months ago a woman of good old New
York family ry...! educated end eapabllsGr leat
served no apprenticeship to any of-
industries by which women earn bread
and butter, began to think of putting her
pride in her pocket and turning her no.
table housekeeping talents 70 account by
looking for service in a family as cook.
Considering the matter further, it
occurred to her that she could do better.
Securing with some little effort, the pro-
jet being a novel one, elientage of half
a dozen families in her immediate
neighborhood that were grooming under
dyspepsia, induced by Eight housekeep-
ing, - she began to send out, three times
a day, delicatelg cooked and daintily
served meals. Her venture was so i'm
mediately successful that she looked up
New England housekeeper and a couple
Of stout-armed Swedish girls to help her,
and her business sprang, in single
night, to the utmost dimensions that she
could handle. Families that had tried
the frizzled steak broiled by the green
girl, families that were starving on meals
elaborated over the Pickering gas Jet,
families that had eaten table board in
the basement dining room around the
corner, families whose pocket book
groaned at the expense of the waiter-load
sent in from hotel OF restaurant, families
whose leads were business women with
out time for cooking, families tired of the
Annoyance of servantsin a small fiat, were
glad TO he supplied with honest home
cooking, palatable, and at a reasonable
price.
She has twenty-one families on her list
AT present, 4 tnlnk, 10 whom sne supple1
Just that wholesome round Of breakfast.
lunches and dinners that the average
housemother would offer to husband and
little folks. Fruit in season, in the
morning, oatmeal or wheaton grits, fish,
steak, or chops; side dish, such as
stewed kidneys, sausage, liver and bacon,
eggs; coffee, tea or chocolate, bread and
butter, milk and sugar. Soup, fish, a
roast, three vegetables, dessert and coffee
make up the dinner, all of which is sent
out at cost of s. week to single per-
sons, S. each to members of families,
though as what is supplied for two Isl
sufficient for three, the cost per thousand
is not reckoned in multiplies Of that sum,
In a way the experiment is one in co..
operative housekeeping: for practicallul
the cost of everyday living is divide
among a number of-families, purchass
for all being made together, the laboror
all systematized and simplified, and he |
waste all minimized, the result beng
that each family saves nearly the MI |
amount of the cooks wages, and is fred
from the tyranny of Castle Garden BE-